Previous review papers on analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) mainly focused on the application areas and paid scant attention to the framework development of AHP, TOPSIS and their hybrid methods. The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on analytic hierarchy process (AHP), type of scale used in AHP, modified ...

For verification of numeric methods and development of experimental benchmarks for 2D and 3D models of heat and mass transfer in crystal growth, the experimental AHP setup based on a novel AHP crystal growth method is designed to conduct experiments with NaNO3 and ice. It is equipped with PIV and PVT visualizations systems to provide finding of field of flow velocity and temperature distributio...

The use of qualitative judgements in multicriteria decision models is receiving increasing attention and a variety of approaches have been developed which cover a wide range of techniques. One method which has received increasing attention in the literature is the relatively recently developed analytic hierarchy process (‘AHP). This method has been widely documented in a variety of problem area...

There are a number of decision making problems in which Geographical Information System (GIS) has employed to organize and facilitate the procedure of analyzing the problem. These GIS-based decision problems which typically include a number of different criteria and alternatives are generally analyzed by Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA).Different locations within a geographical area repre...

We accurately measured the conductance responsible for the afterhyperpolarization (medium AHP) that follows a single spike in spinal motoneurons of anesthetized cats. This was done by using the dynamic-clamp method. We injected an artificial current in the neurons that increased the AHP amplitude, and we made use of the fact that the intensity of the natural AHP current at the trough of the vol...

Clinicians have acknowledged swallowing, tongue activity, and head posture as interdependent variables that must be concurrently examined. The purpose of this study was to evaluate genioglossus activity during swallowing, rest, and maximal tongue protrusion in two head positions (HPs) with a noninvasive recording device. Eight Angle Class I subjects were evaluated. Repeated measures were perfor...

0020-0255/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier Inc doi:10.1016/j.ins.2008.05.028 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +886 7 6577711x65 E-mail addresses: [email protected], dr.deor@g The lack of consistency in decision making can lead to inconsistent conclusions. In fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (fuzzy AHP) method, it is difficult to ensure a consistent pairwise comparison. Furthermore, establishing a ...